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it shall be must, like his predecessor, spend 

 twenty-five years in the gathering of " all 

 facts thatcanpossibly bear on the question." 

 When such a book is written, we shall know 

 for the first time the real significance of war. 



If any war is good, civil war must be best. 

 The virtues of victory and the lessons of 

 defeat would be kept within the nation. 

 This would protect the nation from the 

 temptation to fight for gold or trade. Civil 

 war under proper limitations could remedy 

 this. A time limit could be adopted, as in 

 football, and every device known to the 

 arena could be used to get the good of war 

 and to escape its evils. 



For example, of all our states, New York 

 and Illinois have doubtless suffered most 

 from the evils of peace, if peace has evils 

 which disappear with war. They could be 

 pitted against each other, while the other 

 States looked on. The " dark and bloody 

 ground " of Kentucky could be made the 

 arena. This would not interfere with trade 

 in Chicago, nor soil the streets of Baltimore. 

 The armies could befilledupfrom the ranks 

 of the unemployed, while the pasteboard 



